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W81XWH-21-GWIRP-IA: DoD Gulf War Illness, Idea Award

Closed Closed August 19, 2021 Opportunity W81XWH-21-GWIRP-IA ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award (HT942526BCRPCREA2). Status: Closes November 18, 2026 (11 days left). It is in our archive of Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA notices from 2021.

• Total funding$320,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Most of the program's money (59% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The FY21 GWIRP Idea Award supports innovative, high-risk/high-reward research in the earliest stages of development that will contribute to markers or treatments for GWI. The Idea Award targets the Discovery phase of the research pipeline as outlined in Section II.A.2. Innovation: Research deemed innovative may represent a new paradigm, challenge current paradigms, look at existing problems from new perspectives, or exhibit other highly creative qualities. Adaptation of concepts from symptom-based disorders with some overlapping symptomatic features, such as chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia, to GWI may also be deemed innovative. Multidisciplinary projects are especially encouraged. Preliminary Data: To foster research with clearly defined potential to yield new avenues of investigation, presentation of preliminary data is not required. Any unpublished, preliminary data that are provided should originate from the laboratory of the Principal Investigator (PI) or a member(s) of the research team. Whether or not preliminary data are included, applications should be based on a sound scientific rationale that is established through logical reasoning and/or critical review and analysis of the literature. Impact: Applications must articulate how results will lead to a clinical impact for Veterans with GWI even if a clinical impact is not an immediate outcome. All applications must focus on features of GWI and Veterans of the 1990-1991 Gulf War affected by GWI. The application should clearly and explicitly articulate the project’s potential impact on GWI. FY21 GWIRP Idea Award Areas of Emphasis: The FY21 GWIRP Idea Award has a special interest in the exploration of the topics listed below. Applicants are not restricted to this list and may propose studies in any other GWI research area relevant to the mission of the GWIRP and in the context of the FY21 GWIRP Overarching Challenges.  Identification of treatments for GWI, particularly areas that already show positive impact on the disease  Identification of the causes of and treatment targets for dysregulated biological system function.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HT942526BCRPCREA2, which is open now.

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